New Telephone Subscribership Report

FCC RELEASES NEW TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERSHIP REPORT
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission press release]
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission released its latest report on telephone subscribership levels in the United States. The report presents subscribership statistics based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Census Bureau in November 2005. The report also shows subscribership levels by state, income level, race, age, household size, and employment status. In November 2005: The telephone subscribership penetration rate in the U.S. was 92.9%. The telephone penetration rate was 79.4% for households with annual incomes below $5,000, while the rate for households with incomes between $100,000 and $149,999 was 97.7%. Among the states, the penetration rates ranged from a low of 86.8% in Georgia to a high of 97.0% in Utah. Households headed by whites had a penetration rate of 93.9%, while those headed by blacks had a rate of 86.7% and those headed by Hispanics had a rate of 89.2%. Penetration rates ranged from 86.1% for households headed by a person under 25 to 95.2% for households headed by a person between 65 and 69. Households with one person had a penetration rate of 90.0%, compared to a rate of 94.1% for households with four to five persons. The penetration rate for unemployed adults was 89.7%, while the rate for employed adults was 94.2%.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-265353A1.doc
Full report: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-265356A1.pdf